Morphological computation. A basis for the analysis of morphology and control requirements

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 619-630

  Paul, Chandana ^a  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MORPHOLOGY;

CONTROL REQUIREMENTS; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SENSORY MOTORS; TRADE OFFS;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 33746569607     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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